The International Students’ Childcare Fund (ISCF) is a Hardship Fund designed to help International and European Union (EU) students who are struggling to pay for their pre-school aged children’s childcare costs. Further information about this fund can be found below.

• Applications to ISCF are considered in light of each applicant’s financial circumstances.
• Awards from ISCF are needs related and non-repayable.

Applications to ISCF are made via an online form. You will need to be logged into your University account whilst completing the form to be able to submit it.

The link to the application form can be found below:

• Application for Students WITH Child Dependents.

You will be able to save the above application to return to at a later date, if required.

You will be required to submit evidence with the above application form. You will be able to upload your evidence to the application at the end of the form. A full list can be found at the end of the application. You can also find a pdf copy of this below:

• Evidence Checklist for students WITH Child DependentsLink opens in a new window.

The stipulation of the level of evidence required can be found in the above checklist. If you require guidance on How to Download Bank Statements, see our useful guidance. Alternatively, you can visit or call your bank to request your bank statements. Please note, we do not accept screenshots to demonstrate bank transactions over a protracted period of time.

As part of your ISCF application, you will need to submit a Childcare Information Form found below:

• Childcare Information Form (one per pre-school aged child)

If you live with a partner, you will also be required to submit the following form:

• Partner Information Form (and the required partner evidence outlined)

Both the Partner Information Form (including any required partner evidence) and Childcare Information Form will need to be printed, fully completed, and uploaded with your application.

Once we have received your application form and supporting documentation, we will contact you to arrange a short, confidential appointment with a Student Funding Adviser.

• Appointments take approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Appointments are conducted via Microsoft Teams.
  • However, if you would prefer to attend a face-to-face appointment then please let us know via email (studentfunding@warwick.ac.uk) and we will try to accommodate your request.
• Once your appointment has been booked, you will receive a confirmation email with full details of your appointment.

Students with a child attending the University Nursery:

Students will have any award credited directly to their University account at the start of each term.

• If a student reduces the number of sessions that their child attends the University Nursery and are subsequently liable to pay for fewer sessions, their award will be amended accordingly.

We are only able to consider funding towards the number of childcare sessions agreed within a 10-week term/10-week summer vacation period.

• Additional sessions may be considered at the end of the academic year if there is remaining budget.
• You will need to contact Student Funding Support directly ( ) to enquire about this towards the end of the academic year.

Students with a child attending an external childcare provider:

Once we have completed your appointment and assessment, and deemed that you are eligible for funding, we will send your external childcare provider “Childcare Attendance Sheets” to complete online.

• The “Childcare Attendance Sheets” need to be completed by your external childcare provider at the end of a term (or summer vacation) to confirm;
  • The number of sessions your child has attended.
  • The cost breakdown of your childcare during this time.
  • Any government funding that your child has received during this time.
• A new “Childcare Attendance Sheet” will need to be complete at the end of every term (or summer vacation) for which your award has been approved for.
• Your external childcare provider may need to submit signed receipts/invoices to confirm that you have paid for your childcare in the first instance.
  • They should attach these to the “Childcare Attendance Sheet” online or email us directly at
  • Any receipts or invoices submitted must be dated on headed paper and should include the Ofsted Childcare Provider Number. They should be signed or stamped.

Payments to students using external childcare providers will be made directly to their bank accounts at the end of each term, when the nursery fees have been paid by the student in the first instance.

• These payments are subject to the satisfactory completion and submission of the “Childcare Attendance Sheet” and any associated evidence (e.g., receipts/invoices).
• If you and your external childcare provider have successfully completed the above, your award will be paid up to 10 working days later (providing you have already followed the instructions in your award email to upload your bank details to eVision for payment).
• Please note, we can only make payment into UK bank accounts or some digital accounts.
• We cannot make payments in cash.

We are only able to consider funding towards the number of childcare sessions agreed within a 10-week term/10-week summer vacation period.

• If a student reduces the number of sessions that their child attends an External Childcare Provider and are subsequently liable to pay for fewer sessions, their award will be amended accordingly.
• Additional sessions may be considered at the end of the academic year if there is remaining budget.
• You will need to contact Student Funding Support directly ( ) to enquire about this towards the end of the academic year.

• Awards will normally only be granted for childcare sessions during University term time and 10 weeks of the summer vacation.
• Awards will not exceed half of the actual cost of the childcare provision taken each 10 week term/10 week summer vacation period.
• Any entitlement to free nursery education for children aged 3 or 4 years old will be considered when an application is made to the fund and the amount awarded for these children will be less.
• If the number of childcare sessions that your child attends is less than the number for which you are assessed for support, then your award will be re-calculated accordingly.
• Priority for funding is given to estranged students, care-experienced students and students with disabilities.

We are only able to consider funding towards the number of childcare sessions agreed within a 10-week term/10-week summer vacation period.

• Additional sessions may be considered at the end of the academic year if there is remaining budget.

Awards are also only considered for one child only in the first instance (the child with the highest childcare costs).

• Additional children may be considered at the end of the academic year if there is remaining budget

If you wish to be considered for either of the above additional funding, you will need to contact Student Funding Support directly ( ) towards the end of the academic year.

If you are in urgent need of financial assistance with your essential living costs, we may be able to offer you an interest free Emergency Loan of up to £250.

Please see below further ways in which the wider University may be able to assist you, if you are in financial difficulty:

• Warwick Student Union(SU) Foodbanks
• Wellbeing and Student Support